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Agency Overview and Budget Summary

2 / 13 /2020

Presentation to

House Social Services Budget Committee

Budget Overview

Department for Children and Family Services

Laura Howard, Secretary

Dan Lewien, Chief Financial Officer

Rebekah Gaston, Policy Director

Agency Overview and Budget Summary

Chairman Carpenter and members of the Subcommittee:

Today I will present an overview of DCF, focusing on our budget and providing an

update to you on key priorities and issues within DCF.

We look forward to working with you on the DCF budget.

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Protect Children

Strengthen Families

Promote Adult Self Sufficiency

Mission

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• Economic and Employment Services

• Prevention and Protection Services

• Rehabilitation Services

• Child Support Services

• Foster Care Licensing

Major Program Areas

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Economic and Employment Services

Economic and Employment Services (EES) provides a variety of programs that can help families achieve self-sufficiency. These include:

▪ cash assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

▪ food assistance (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

▪ child care assistance

▪ employment assistance

▪ energy assistance

Kansas Benefits Card Support

1-800-831-5235

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Prevention and Protection Services helps families and vulnerable adults by providing:

• protection services (PRC and investigations)

• family-based assessments

• family support services

• family preservation

• Families First prevention services

• foster care

• adoption services

• independent living services for older youth

Kansas Protection Report Center

1-800-922-5330

Prevention and Protection Services

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Rehabilitation Services

Rehabilitation Services offers a variety of programs to meet the diverse needs of Kansans with disabilities, including:

▪ vocational services

▪ independent living

▪ services for older Kansans who are blind or visually impaired

▪ disability determination services on behalf of the Social Security Administration

▪ end dependence grants

Rehabilitation Customer Service Center

1-866-213-9079

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Child Support Services

Child Support Services helps children receive the financial support necessary for their growth and development. The program assists by:

▪ establishing parentage and orders for child support

▪ locating non-custodial parents

▪ enforcing child support orders

▪ modifying support orders, as needed

Child Support Service Center

1-888-757-2445

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Foster Care Licensing

Foster Care Licensing regulates and monitors licensed facilities for children to enhance children’s health and safety while in out of home placement. It assists by:

▪ licensing and regulating foster homes and all other 24-hour-per-day, seven-days-per-week child care facilities

▪ regulating child placing agencies

▪ administering background checks and fingerprinting

Foster Care Licensing and Background Checkshttp://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/GC/FCRFL/Pages/default.aspx

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http://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/GC/FCRFL/Pages/default.aspx

4 Regions, 36 Service Centers

DCF Regions

HeadquartersEast Region – Topeka

785 296-2500

Kansas City Region – KC

913 279-7000

West Region – Manhattan

785 776-4011

Wichita Region – Wichita

316-337-6314

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FY 2020 Budget Summary

Amounts in millions

FY 2019 FY 2020 Change

Total Budget $663.7 $768.0 $104.4

Positions 2,511.9 2,527.9 16.0

Funding Sources

State General Fund $294.9 $335.8 $41.0

Other State Funds $24.7 $27.7 $3.0

Federal Funds $344.0 $404.4 $60.3

Enterprise Funds $0.1 $0.1 ($0.0)

Total Funding $663.7 $768.0 $104.4

State

General

Fund

$335.8

44%Other

State

Funds

$27.7

3%

Federal

Funds

$404.4

53%

Enterprise

Funds

$0.1

0%

FY 2020

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FY 2020 Expenditures by Program (in millions)

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43.7% $335.8

21.8% $167.6

14.5% $111.7

5.6% $42.9

4.8% $37.2

4.7% $36.2

2.1% $16.0

2.0% $15.3

0.7% $5.4

$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400

Prevention & Protection Services

Economic & Employment Services

Regions Service Delivery

Information Technology



Administration

Transfers

Other

Total Budget = $768.0m

FY 2020 SGF by Program (in millions)

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64.6% $217.0

19.9% $67.0

5.9% $19.7

3.9% $13.0

3.0% $9.9

1.6% $5.4

0.9% $3.1

0.2% $0.8

0.0% $0.0

$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300





Administration


Licensing


Developmental Disabilities Council

Total SGF = $335.8m

FY 2020 Federal Funds (in millions)

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24.9% $100.7

16.8% $68.0

14.9% $60.3

9.4% $37.8

7.7% $31.3

7.0% $28.2

6.5% $26.2

6.3% $25.4

3.4% $13.8

2.2% $8.8

0.9% $3.8

$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 $120

TANF

Child Care

Foster Care & Adoption

LIEAP

SNAP

CSE

Voc Rehab

SSBG

DDS

Other Child Welfare

Other

FY 2020 Expenditures by Category (millions)

Assistance

Prevention & Protection $322.0

Economic & Employment 149.1

Rehabilitation Services 19.6

Child Support Services 1.6

Other 0.5

Total $492.8

Capital Improvements $0.7

Salaries

$138.7

18%

OOE

$120.6

16%Assistance

$492.8

66%

Cap Imp

$0.7

0%

Note

Amounts exclude transfers to other state agencies

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Salaries

Regions $94.2

Administration 8.5

Prevention & Protection 8.3


Information Technology 7.8


Licensing 2.4

Other 2.5

Total 138.7

OOE

Child Support Services $32.4


Regions 17.4



Administration 7.5


Licensing 1.4

Other 0.1

Total $120.6

FY 2020 Positions

72.2% 1,825.5

5.7% 145.0

5.6% 140.7

5.1% 128.8

4.5% 115.0

3.6% 90.0

1.8% 45.0

1.3% 34.0

0.2% 4.0

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000



Administration




Licensing



Total Positions = 2,527.9

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FY 2020 Budget Additions

▪ The Governor’s budget included one supplemental for the increase in the Adoption Assistance caseload.

▪ Caseload increases from the Fall 2019 Consensus Caseload process were funded.

FY 2020

All Funds SGF

Supplemental $3,568,311 $1,262,176

Fall 2019 Consensus Caseload

TANF Cash Assistance 1,600,000 -

Foster Care 3,500,000 -

Subtotal 5,100,000 -

Total $8,668,311 $1,262,176

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Supplemental

Enhancement Description FY 2020

All Funds SGF

Additional Adoption

Assistance Subsidy

Funds the increase in

the Adoption Support

caseload

▪ In FY 2019, the caseload increased 7.3%, compared to an

average 1.8% increase over the last five years, mainly because

adoptions were finalized for several pending cases.

▪ A 5.4% caseload increase is estimated for FY 2020.

▪ The enhancement also covers the recent increase in court filing

fees which DCF pays as part of the adoption process.

$3.57 $1.26

DCF Caseload Summary

FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021Program Actual Actual GBR GBR

Economic and Employment Services

TANF Cash Assistance Average monthly persons 9,605 8,828 9,211 9,211

Assistance $13,143,547 $12,086,745 $12,600,000 $12,600,000

TANF Employment Services Average monthly adults 2,818 2,319 2,243 2,243

Assistance $2,830,472 $2,667,350 $2,818,378 $3,026,223

SNAP (Food Assistance) Average monthly persons 219,738 205,261 193,036 182,371 [1]

Assistance $299,351,743 $269,849,832 $255,965,736 $242,918,172

SNAP Employment and Training Average monthly adults 785 329 2,458 2,483 [2]

Assistance $841,880 $139,177 $3,734,556 $3,723,954

Child Care Assistance Average monthly children 9,263 8,823 11,881 12,226 [3]

Assistance $38,373,468 $39,953,590 $60,380,617 $64,647,258

Kansas Early Head Start Children 936 945 955 955

Assistance $9,238,642 $10,531,268 $10,569,991 $10,569,991

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Prevention and Protection Services

Child Protective Services Investigations 28,375 34,424 37,429 40,697

Community Services Families 60 160 200 200

Assistance $748,314 $658,612 $750,000 $750,000

Family Services Assistance $1,575,296 $1,608,153 $1,901,881 $1,901,881

Family Preservation Families Referred 2,609 2,667 2,265 2,160

Assistance $12,062,379 $12,021,382 $12,000,000 $12,000,000

Families First Assistance $0 $0 $12,773,000 $19,773,000

Adult Protective Services Investigations 7,658 8,548 9,096 9,958

Assistance $211,257 $227,034 $296,407 $250,950

Reintegration/Foster Care Average monthly children 7,274 7,420 7,600 7,600

Assistance $187,586,991 $215,037,318 $246,300,000 $260,000,000 [4]

Adoption Support Average monthly children 7,117 7,569 7,981 8,242

Assistance $37,602,618 $40,465,103 $43,248,921 $44,857,940

Permanent Custodianship Average monthly children 185 158 146 127

Assistance $646,685 $552,556 $510,697 $442,678

Independent Living Persons 893 902 911 920

Assistance $1,963,336 $1,760,158 $2,199,886 $2,273,959

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Child Support Collections Average monthly cases 139,518 138,412 139,419 141,327

Collections $209,481,817 $214,673,562 $220,507,252 $227,680,926

Rehabilitation ServicesVocational Rehabilitation Average monthly persons 6,767 7,473 7,633 7,680

Assistance $9,874,748 $9,768,537 $13,306,327 $13,306,327

Disability Determination Services Claims Completed 29,017 34,100 27,945 31,000 [5]

Assistance $2,822,449 $3,198,464 $3,198,463 $3,198,463

Footnotes

1. SNAP benefits are not included in the agency's budget.

2. The SNAP Employment and Training Program increase represents the implementation of a new SNAP Work Program in late 2019.

3. Child care policies were revised to expand services to children in foster care and children in the SNAP Work Program.

In addition, the child care work requirement was lowered from 28 to 20 hours per week.

4. The Reintegration/Foster Care assistance increase in FY 2020 reflects the cost of the new foster care agreements.

5. Due to staffing levels, some claims are processed by other states.

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Foster Care Caseload

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Foster Care Expenditures (millions)

Average Average

Fiscal Monthly Percent Monthly Cost Percent Percent

Year Children Change per Child Change Expenditures Change SGF

2011 5,237 2.7% $2,181 0.6% $137,029,648 3.4% $88,952,881

2012 5,170 -1.3% 2,178 -0.1% 135,153,724 -1.4% 70,503,355

2013 5,531 7.0% 2,141 -1.7% 142,079,066 5.1% 79,661,269

2014 5,845 5.7% 1,938 -9.5% 135,912,260 -4.3% 75,709,596

2015 6,209 6.2% 1,907 -1.6% 142,106,090 4.6% 87,168,003

2016 6,586 6.1% 1,944 1.9% 153,619,045 8.1% 86,497,056

2017 6,825 3.6% 1,991 2.4% 163,070,689 6.2% 101,489,642

2018 7,274 6.6% 2,149 7.9% 187,586,991 15.0% 125,046,777

2019 7,420 2.0% 2,415 12.4% 215,037,318 14.6% 149,702,398

2020 CCE 7,600 2.4% 2,701 11.8% 246,300,000 14.5% 172,000,000

2021 CCE 7,600 0.0% 2,851 5.6% 260,000,000 5.6% 181,000,000

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TANF Cash Assistance Caseload

- 5,000

10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000

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TANF Cash Assistance (millions)

Average Average

Fiscal Monthly Percent Monthly Cost Percent Percent

Year Persons Change per Person Change Expenditures Change SGF

2011 38,963 5.4% $111 -1.1% $52,003,065 3.4% $28,643,461

2012 31,730 -18.6% 111 -0.6% 42,114,608 -19.0% 20,022,677

2013 21,887 -31.0% 111 0.6% 29,221,343 -30.6% 8,137,497

2014 17,681 -19.2% 112 0.7% 23,770,891 -18.7% 3,203,981

2015 15,008 -15.1% 114 1.3% 20,442,060 -14.0% -

2016 12,482 -16.8% 113 -0.5% 16,921,420 -17.2% -

2017 11,139 -10.8% 112 -1.1% 14,940,494 -11.7% 303,093

2018 9,605 -13.8% 114 2.0% 13,143,547 -12.0% 117,616

2019 8,828 -8.1% 114 0.1% 12,086,745 -8.0% -

2020 CCE 9,211 4.3% 114 -0.1% 12,600,000 4.2% -

2021 CCE 9,211 0.0% 114 0.0% 12,600,000 0.0% -

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FY 2021 Budget Summary

Amounts in millions

FY 2020 FY 2021 Change

Total Budget $768.0 $780.8 $12.8

Positions 2,527.9 2,545.9 18.0

Funding Sources

State General Fund $335.8 $350.1 14.2

Other State Funds 27.7 25.4 (2.2)

Federal Funds 404.4 405.2 0.8

Enterprise Funds 0.1 0.1 0.0

Total Funding $768.0 $780.8 $12.8

State

General

Fund

$350.1

45%

Other

State

Funds

25.4 3%

Federal

Funds

405.2

52%

FY 2021

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FY 2021 Expenditures by Program (in millions)

45.7%, $357.1

19.9%, $155.6

14.5%, $112.9

5.6%, $43.8

5.0%, $39.0

4.8%, $37.2

2.0%, $15.4

1.9%, $15.0

0.6%, $4.7

$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 $450







Transfers

Administration

Other

Total Budget = $780.8m

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FY 2021 SGF by Program (in millions)

65.6% $229.7

19.5% $68.1

5.5% $19.4

3.8% $13.3

2.6% $9.2

1.5% $5.4

0.9% $3.1

0.5% $1.9

0.0% $0.0

$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300





Administration


Licensing



Total SGF = $350.1m

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FY 2021 Federal Funds (millions)

23.2% $94.2

17.8% $72.0

16.8% $68.2

8.6% $34.8

7.4% $30.1

6.9% $28.2

6.4% $26.1

6.3% $25.5

3.4% $13.9

2.1% $8.4

0.9% $3.8

($10) $10 $30 $50 $70 $90 $110

TANF

Child Care

Foster Care & Adoption

CSE

LIEAP

SNAP

Voc Rehab

SSBG

DDS

Other Child Welfare

Other

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FY 2021 Expenditures by Category (millions)

Salaries

Regions $95.7


Administration 8.5




Licensing 2.5

Other 2.5

Total $140.0

OOE

Child Support Services $40.0


Regions 17.1




Administration 6.5

Licensing 1.4

Other 0.1

Total $122.3

Assistance

Prevention & Protection $343.6



Child Support Services 1.6

Other 0.5

Total $503.0

Capital Improvements $0.1

Note

Amounts exclude transfers to other state agencies

Salaries

$140.0

18%

OOE

$122.3

16%

Assistance

$503.0

66%

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FY 2021 Positions

72.4% 1,843.5

5.7% 145.0

5.5% 140.7

5.1% 128.8

4.5% 115.0

3.5% 90.0

1.8% 45.0

1.3% 34.0

0.2% 4.0

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000



Administration




Licensing



Total Positions = 2,545.9

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FY 2021 Budget Additions

▪ The Governor’s budget included six enhancements targeting child welfare improvements and information systems upgrades.

▪ Caseload increases from the Fall 2019 Consensus Caseload process were funded.

FY 2021

All Funds SGF

Enhancements $18,444,584 $9,039,967

Fall 2019 Consensus Caseload

TANF Cash Assistance 1,600,000 -

Foster Care 17,200,000 9,000,000

Subtotal 18,800,000 9,000,000

Total $37,244,584 $18,039,967

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Enhancements


All Funds SGF

Additional Adoption

Assistance Subsidy

Funds the increase in

the Adoption Support

caseload

▪ A 3.3% caseload increase is estimated for FY 2021.

▪ The enhancement also covers the recent increase in court filing

fees which DCF pays as part of the adoption process.

$5.18 $1.75

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Enhancements


All Funds SGF

Increase Protection

and Prevention

Services Staff

Adds 10 positions to

improve Child

Protective Service

supervisory ratio and

to implement Team

Decision Making

process.

Child Protective Service Supervisory Ratio

▪ Supervisory ratios impact the supervisor’s ability to effectively

monitor case activities and critical decisions on child removals.

▪ Currently the ratio is 1:7.

▪ The best practice standard for supervisor ratios in child and

family services is 1 supervisor to 5 staff.

▪ This enhancement will bring the ratio closer to the standard.

Team Decision Making (TDM) Facilitators

▪ TDM is a departure from traditional child welfare practice.

▪ TDM brings together parents, family, community members and

others to assess the situation and determine how best to keep the

child safe, instead of relegating this responsibility to a single

caseworker.

$.71 $.71

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Enhancements


All Funds SGF

Increase Family First

Prevention Services

Grants and Case

Management Staff

Expands and develops

Families First

Prevention services.

▪ Adds $7.0 million in prevention grants and 8.0 case manager

positions.

▪ The number of bids received by DCF exceeded last year’s

appropriation.

▪ Funds additional prevention services which DCF was unable to

fund in the first round of grant awards. Brings grant total to $20

million per year.

▪ Funds prevention service models that were recently rated by the

Clearinghouse.

▪ Case managers would oversee risk/safety assessments, safety

planning, service planning, and visitation with children and

parents.

$7.51 $3.76

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Enhancements


All Funds SGF

Comprehensive

Child Welfare

Information System

(CCWIS)

Development

Funds the start of the

new Child Welfare

System’s development

phase.

▪ Adds $4.0 million to start the development phase of a new

federally approved child welfare system.

▪ A planning phase, which is underway, was funded with $1.5

million and is a requirement to qualify for enhanced 50% federal

participation.

▪ Consolidates five fragmented child welfare systems with aging

mainframe technology, unsupported operating systems, and

outdated programming languages.

▪ The new system will foster standard practices and lead to

consistent and improved management decisions through

improved reliability, accuracy, and timeliness.

▪ The system development and implementation will occur in FY

2021-FY 2025.

$4.00 $2.00

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Enhancements


All Funds SGF

OITS Modernization

Funds the DCF cost of

the Data Center as a

Service, a project

currently underway by

the Office of

Information

Technology (OITS).

▪ Data Center as a Services would move the state’s servers and

data storage to a more secure and higher reliability Tier 3 data

center rating.

▪ The enhancement covers the expected increase in server rates

billed by the Office of Information Technology.

$.51 $.29

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Enhancements


All Funds SGF

JAG-K Expansion

Expands the Kansas

Jobs for America

Graduates Program.

▪ The funding for this enhancement is from the Evidence-Based

Juvenile Program State General Fund account.

▪ $350,000 is designated for the expansion of the Kansas Jobs for

America’s Graduates Program to additional districts.

▪ The remaining $189,000 would be used for JAG-K programs

within the Juvenile Justice System.

$.54 $.54

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Families First Prevention Services Act

Families First Prevention Services Act

Priorities & Issues

▪ Families First Prevention Services provide evidence-based

programs designed to prevent the need for foster care.o This initiative was funded by the 2019 Legislature.

o The Governor’s Budget Recommendation includes an expansion.

o The initial grants were effective October 2019.

o Fourteen organizations across the state were awarded 18 grants.

o An evaluation grant was issued to the University of Kansas Center for

Research, Inc.

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Practice Models

Priorities & Issues

▪ In 2019, four practice models were launched that will fundamentally

change child welfare.

▪ The models encompass better outcomes, engagement, equity and

inclusivity.

▪ The models include:o Family Finding

o Team Decision Making

o Signs of Safety

o Structured Decision Making

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Work Programs

Priorities & Issues

▪ Work programs are a priority in the Economic and Employment

Support and Rehabilitation Services programs.

▪ The work programs include:o Temporary Assistance for Families work program – for adult TANF

recipients

o Generating Opportunities to Attain Lifelong Success (GOALS) – for

adults in families receiving SNAP, but not TANF

o Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training –

for adults who receive food assistance

o Vocational Rehabilitation – for adults with disabilities

o Pre-Employment Transition Services – empowers youth with disabilities

to achieve their highest potential

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Child Care / Universal Infant Referral

Priorities & Issues

▪ Policy changes were made in 2019 to expand access to child care

assistance with the goal of sustaining employment or

participating in employment programs:o Reduced minimum work hours from 28 to 20 per week

o Expanded Child Care Assistance to include the children of GOALS

participants

o Expanded Child Care funds to foster children

▪ Implemented the Universal Infant Referral policy associated with

child protective services cases.

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Class Action

Priorities & Issues

▪ Katharyn McIntyre at al. v. Laura Kelly is a class action lawsuit

alleging violations of federal law and constitutional violations.

▪ The allegations include:o Subjecting children in foster care to extreme housing disruption

o Failing to provide children in custody with mandated mental health and

behavioral health screening, diagnostic services, and treatment.

▪ Mediation began on November 12, 2019.

▪ Confidential settlement negotiations are in progress.

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Crossover Youth

Priorities & Issues

▪ “Crossover youth” have interacted with both the juvenile justice

system and the child welfare system.

▪ Workgroups have found a limited ability to identify and track

these youth across the two systems.

▪ DCF is collaborating with the Department of Corrections to

implement the Georgetown Crossover Youth Practice Model.

▪ DCF is committed to working across silos to ensure the needs of

crossover youth are met, regardless of their point of entry or label.

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CareMatch

Priorities & Issues

▪ “CareMatch” is the new Kansas placement matching system for

children in foster care.

▪ CareMatch was launched October 1, 2019.

▪ The system allows Kansas to manage the appropriate placement

of children within the network of foster care providers, when

relatives or kinship placements are not available or appropriate.

▪ Workers can now perform searches in seconds to match a child’s

characteristics with care providers who can meet their needs.

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Child Welfare System Task Force

Priorities & Issues

▪ Three of the top five Child Welfare Task Force recommendations

were funded and are being implemented:o Investing in the child welfare work force

o Planning for a new information system

o Implementing the Families First Prevention Services Act

▪ Tier 2 recommendations are also being implemented:o Relative search, with the implementation of Family Finding, which prevents

children from coming into custody for non-abuse neglect

o Referring infants encountered by DCF to services in their community

o Information sharing on crossover youth with the Department of Corrections,

the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and the judicial branch.

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Human Trafficking

Priorities & Issues

▪ The agency’s efforts to combat sex and labor trafficking are led by

Prevention and Protection Services staff.

▪ The agency collaborates closely with the Human Trafficking

Advisory Board and other cabinet agencies to prevent, reduce, and

respond to human trafficking.

▪ Youth who run from a foster placement are at a heightened risk of

being trafficked.

▪ When a youth is recovered, their safety and well-being is assessed.

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Residential Treatment Facilities

Priorities & Issues

▪ Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) provide out-of-

home residential psychiatric treatment to youth whose needs cannot

be effectively and safely met in a community setting.

▪ PRTF stays are extended and have waiting lists.

▪ The Families First Prevention Services Act now allows a separate

classification of congregate care: Qualified Residential Treatment

Program (QRTP).

▪ While PRTFs are in-patient psychiatric facilities, QRTPs are similar to

group homes with advanced standards of care and enhanced levels of

service.

▪ The agency expects up to 232 accredited QRTP beds.

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Legislative Priorities

Priorities & Issues

The agency’s legislative priorities involve:

▪ Adult Protective Services o Update the Adult Protective Services statutes

▪ Support legislation to remove barriers to TANF, Food Assistance,

and Child Care Assistanceo Lifting barriers will allow more Kansans to fully participate in

employment and training services, and lead to self-sufficiency.

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Comprehensive Child Welfare Infor. System

Priorities & Issues

▪ The new Child Welfare Information System will modernize state child

welfare systems, as well as develop and support interfaces between

the various agencies serving the Child Welfare and Adult Protectives

Services programs.o An Advanced Planning Document for the new system was approved by the

federal Administration for Children and Families, Health and Human Services.

o With this approval, planning costs can now be matched with a 50 percent

federal share.

o Upon the selection of a vendor and contract approval, the new system will be

developed in FY 2021.

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Child Support Study

Priorities & Issues

▪ After almost 20 years of privatization, Child Support Services

engaged Midwest Evaluation and Research, LLC, to assess the

Kansas Title IV-D Child Support Enforcement Program.

o The assessment started in November 2019; the expected completion date

is June 2020.

o The assessment will examine:

• Aspects of the program that are performing well

• Areas needing improvement

• Meaningful metrics for both program operations and

stakeholder/consumer interaction with the program

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TANF Requests for Proposals

Priorities & Issues

▪ In line with the agency’s renewed commitment to transparency,

FY 2021 TANF grants will be awarded through competitive bids.

▪ In 2019, grants were awarded Kansas-based organizations through

requests for proposals for domestic violence and sexual assault

services as well as Kansas Early Head Start programs.

▪ In early 2020, the agency will release the RFPs for Youth and

Family Stability Programs and Early Childhood Home Visitation

Programs.

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Status of Additions by 2019 Legislature

Addition FY 2019 FY 2020

All Funds SGF All Funds SGF

42 Additional Child Welfare Staff

▪ 26 child welfare positions were added in FY 2019

▪ An additional 16 positions were added in FY 2020

Status

▪ All of the new positions were filled by August 2019. As

vacancies occur, the positions are filled.

▪ 37.0 positions were deployed in the regions to meet the rising

number of child welfare investigations

▪ 2.0 positions were added in the Protection Report Center to

address the increase in child abuse and neglect reports

▪ 3.0 were added to the Protection and Prevention

Administration Program.

$415,526 $401,148 $2,654,891 $2,563,031

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New Families First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)

Prevention Grants

In a major departure, the Families First Prevention Services Act

authorized federal foster care funds for prevention services with a

50% match.

Status

▪ 14 organizations were awarded 18 grants starting October 1,

2019.

▪ Grants were issued for the following purposes:

• Substance Use Disorder (3)

• Mental Health (5)

• Kinship Navigation Services (1)

• Parent Skill Building (8)

• FFPSA grant evaluation (1)

-- -- $13,000,000 $6,500,000

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Family Preservation

▪ $1,086,705 from the Children’s Initiative Fund was added to

Family Preservation services.

▪ Combined with an additional $143,621 in federal foster care

funds, the increase brought the annual budget to $12.0

million.

Status

▪ Three agencies were awarded grants spanning four catchment

areas.

▪ The grants started January 1, 2020.

▪ Services were redesigned to better meet the needs of families

and increase the effectiveness of the services.

▪ Services will be determined by the severity of the family's

needs through a two-tiered service process.

-- -- $1,806,705 $0

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Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS)

▪ $300,000 was added for the planning phase for a new Child

Welfare information system.

▪ This is in addition to $750,000 added by the 2018 Legislature

that was reappropriated to FY 2020.

▪ The remaining $450,000 needed to reach $1.5 million was

reappropriated from other agency savings.

Status

▪ A request for proposals resulted in four bids which are

currently being evaluated.

▪ Following HHS approval of the final contract, the CCWIS

Planning Project will be initiated during Feb-May 2020.

-- -- $300,000 $150,000

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Kansas Eligibility and Enforcement System (KEES) Upgrades

▪ The KEES software upgrade, cloud transformation initiative

and imaging strategy started in FY 2019 and will be

completed in FY 2020.

▪ The funds added to the DCF budget supplement the KDHE

funds to complete this phase of the upgrade.

Status

▪ The upgrades are in progress.

$3,675,605 $1,581,613 $7,097,024 $3,053,849

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Partial Funding for Data Center as a Service

▪ Data Center as a Service is an Office of Information

Technology initiative which will move the state's servers, data

storage and disaster recovery activities to a more secure and

reliable Tier 3 data center.

▪ The Legislature partially funded the estimated cost to DCF.

Status

▪ OITS has not started the DCF phase.

▪ The most recent plan was a pilot test in January followed by a

rollout completed by June 2020.

-- -- $1,972,207 $1,096,162

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